Mnemonic
You're walking a path through the woods when an anti-direction curse strikes — every step forward launches you backward! You're forced to return home against your will. The harder you resist the anti force, the faster you fly back down the path.
Additional thoughts
Picture the path as a conveyor belt running in reverse. Anti = against your direction = going back. Path + going against naturally evokes 'going back to where you started.'Quick recall
An anti-direction curse on your path forces you to return.Details
The keyword for 返 is return. This kanji conveys the idea of going back, coming back, or giving something back to its original place or owner. It encompasses both the physical act of returning to a location and the act of returning an object or reversing a state. It carries a sense of reversal or restoration to a previous condition.
- On'yomi
- へん
- Kun'yomi
- かえ.す、-かえ.す、かえ.る、-かえ.る